moral theology
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of moral theology
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Catholic moral theology has been consistent throughout the church’s history about the obligation to live chastely.
From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023
Bill Donahue, president of the conservative Catholic League, praised the Sioux Falls document as “fair, yet firm, and in complete agreement with Catholic moral theology and social teachings.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2022
He obtained a doctorate in moral theology at the Gregorian University in Rome the following year and a Ph.D in political science at Stanford in 1989.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2022
The reference to the German theologian pointed to Pope Francis’ most controversial difference with his predecessor—his approach to moral theology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2018
Origen formed in the Catechetical schools of Alexandria the science of theology," and in "the golden age of this new science St. Jerome taught exegesis, St. Augustin dogmatic, and St. Ambrose moral theology.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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